Colin A. Carter and Guillaume P. GruèreDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis In their comment Choice Versus Autonomy in the GM Food Labeling Debate, philosophers Robert Streiffer and Alan Rubel (hereafter referred to as S&R) argue that our article…
Michele C. MarraProfessor of Agricultural Economics, North Carolina State University The compendium of studies that make up this book, along with the cohesive introduction and conclusion sections written by the editor, presents a comprehensive picture of the global impacts of crop biotechnologies…
John C. Gardner and Thomas L. PayneUniversity of Missouri-Columbia Soybean has been closely associated with developments in science and technology, which established it as the worlds leading source of vegetable oil and protein. Soybean will remain a candidate for further development via…
Randy C. ShoemakerUSDA ARS, Iowa State UniversityJessica A. SchlueterDepartment of Zoology and Genetics, Iowa State UniversityPerry CreganUSDA ARS Soybean Genomics and Improvement LaboratoryLila VodkinDepartment of Crop Science, University of Illinois The soybean is a major world source of edible oil and high-qual-…
John Soper, Dennis Judd, Daria Schmidt, and Steve SullivanPioneer Hi-Bred This article looks at rising soybean demand, how technology is improving soybeans, and the challenges that soybeans derived from biotechnology face. To help meet the challenges of increased soybean demand, biotechnology tools…
Edgar B. CahoonPlant Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Soybean oil is a renewable raw material for a wide variety of industrial products, including inks, plasticizers, and paints. The range of potential applications can be expanded by…
Monty S. Kerley and Gary L. AlleeDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia Animal feed is the primary user of the nonoil component of soy- beans. Breeding and gene modification strategies have been successfully employed to alter the seed composition of soy-…
David DurhamUnited Soybean Board Improving compositional quality traits for oil and protein content in soybeans has been a key factor in the industry for almost a decade. In order to build United States soybean competitive- ness, the United Soybean Board and soybean…
D.A. Sleper and J.G. ShannonDepartment of Agronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia Modern biotechnology has and will continue to play a valuable role in public and private soybean breeding programs. Tools provided by biotechnology will not replace soybean breeding in the public and private…
Steven SonkaAssistant Dean for Research Strategy, Chair Emeritus in Soybean Industry Strategy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The goal of this paper is to explore market system dynamics associated with recent and potential future adoption of biotechnology in the soybean marketplace. The…
